[Verse 1] I still got the scar From the schoolyard gate Rust on my knuckles And a number I hate They said be good Keep your head down low But I learned young How the broken things grow [Pre-Chorus] I wore their rules Like a borrowed shirt Too tight in the chest Too full of dirt Now I spit back At the shiny machine I was born loud And I was never clean [Chorus] Against the system Against the system (against the system) We bite back hard Against the system Against the system (against the system) Burn down the yard [Verse 2] Mom had two jobs Dad had none Bills on the table And the month still won We traded stories In the back of a van Late-night radio And a wrecked-out plan Every slammed door Made my hands shake more Now I know the sound When they lock the door [Pre-Chorus] I wore their rules Like a borrowed shirt Too tight in the chest Too full of dirt Now I spit back At the shiny machine I was born loud And I was never clean [Chorus] Against the system Against the system (against the system) We bite back hard Against the system Against the system (against the system) Burn down the yard [Bridge] You wanted quiet You wanted praise You wanted us lined up In your neat parade But I got the bruises I got the proof I got my boots And I got my youth [Final Chorus] Against the system Against the system (against the system) We bite back hard Against the system Against the system (against the system) Burn down the yard